1995 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1995 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1995. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1995 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty ninth time in 1995, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Cal State Fullerton claimed the championship for the second time.[1]

1995 NCAA Division I baseball season
Number of teams	276
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions	Cal State Fullerton (3rd title)
Runners-up	Southern California (18th CWS Appearance)
Winning Coach	Augie Garrido (3rd title)
MOP	Mark Kotsay (Cal State Fullerton)
Seasons

Realignment

• 6 schools (Cleveland State, UIC, Northern Illinois, Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Wright State departed the Mid-Continent Conference for the Midwestern Collegiate Conference.
• Colgate departed the Patriot League to become an Independent.

Format changes

• With the addition of six schools, the Midwestern Collegiate Conference divided into East and West Divisions.
• The Trans America Athletic Conference dissolved its divisions.
• The Patriot League also dissolved its divisions and did not host a Tournament for the 1995 season.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1995 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the eight regionals consisted of six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. In order to provide all conference champions with an automatic bid, 12 conference champions participated in a play-in round. The six winners joined the other 18 conference champions with automatic bids, 24 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference	Regular Season Winner	Conference Tournament	Tournament Venue • City	Tournament Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference	Clemson	1995 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament	Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC	Florida State
Big East Conference	Providence	1995 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament	Muzzy Field • Bristol, CT	Pittsburgh Panthers baseball
Big Eight Conference	Oklahoma State	1995 Big Eight Conference Baseball Tournament	All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, OK	Oklahoma State
Big Ten Conference	Ohio State	1995 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament	Trautman Field • Columbus, OH	Ohio State
Big West Conference	Cal State Fullerton	1995 Big West Conference Baseball Tournament	Blair Field • Long Beach, CA	Cal State Fullerton
Ivy League	Gehrig - Penn Rolfe - Yale	1995 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series	Yale Field • New Haven, CT	Penn
Metro Conference		1995 Metro Conference Baseball Tournament	Tom and Lib Phillips Field • Charlotte, NC	South Florida
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Northern - Le Moyne Southern - Fairfield	1995 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Heritage Park • Colonie, NY	Siena
Mid-American Conference	Bowling Green	1995 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament	Warren E. Steller Field • Bowling Green, OH	Central Michigan
Midwestern Collegiate Conference	East - Detroit West - Notre Dame	1995 Midwestern City Conference Baseball Tournament	South Bend, IN	Wright State
Mid-Continent Conference	Youngstown State	1995 Mid-Continent Conference Baseball Tournament	Monier Field • Charleston, IL	Troy
North Atlantic Conference	Delaware	1995 North Atlantic Conference Baseball Tournament	Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE	Delaware
Northeast Conference	Rider	1995 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament	Ewing Township, NJ	Rider
Pacific-10 Conference	North - Washington State South - Southern California	No Tournament
Patriot League	Navy	No Tournament
Southeastern Conference	Eastern - Tennessee	1995 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament[lower-alpha 1]	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	Tennessee
	Western - Auburn		Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	Alabama
Southern Conference	The Citadel	1995 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament	College Park • Charleston, SC	The Citadel
Southland Conference	Northwestern State	1996 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament	Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, LA	Northeast Louisiana
Southwest Conference	Texas Tech	1995 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament	Olsen Field • College Station, TX	Texas Tech
Trans America Athletic Conference	FIU	1995 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament	Homestead Sports Complex • Homestead, FL	UCF
West Coast Conference	Pepperdine	No tournament

1. The SEC held separate tournaments for its Eastern and Western Divisions in 1995. Tennessee was awarded the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1995 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 7 Clemson  ‍†‍‍^y 20 – 4   .833     54 – 14   .794 No. 5 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍^y 16 – 7   .696     53 – 16   .768 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍^y 16 – 8   .667     38 – 22   .633 No. 25 North Carolina  ‍‍‍^y 14 – 10   .583     39 – 23   .629 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542     34 – 24   .586 NC State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500     36 – 24   .600 Virginia  ‍‍‍ 8 – 15   .348     26 – 29   .473 Duke  ‍‍‍ 4 – 20   .167     30 – 27   .526 Maryland  ‍‍‍ 4 – 20   .167     20 – 37   .351 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1995 Big East Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Providence  ‍†‍‍ 16 – 5 – 0   .762     44 – 15 – 0   .746 Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 14 – 7 – 0   .667     38 – 16 – 0   .704 Villanova  ‍‍‍ 14 – 7 – 0   .667     40 – 16 – 0   .714 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‡‍^y 12 – 9 – 0   .571     39 – 16 – 0   .709 St. John's  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9 – 0   .571     18 – 16 – 0   .529 Boston College  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13 – 0   .381     21 – 24 – 0   .467 Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 4 – 17 – 0   .190     17 – 34 – 0   .333 Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 4 – 17 – 0   .190     13 – 30 – 1   .307 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995[4][5]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1995 Big Ten Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 26 Ohio State  ‍†‍‡‍^y 18 – 10   .643     40 – 23   .635 Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 16 – 12   .571     31 – 27   .534 Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 15 – 13   .536     36 – 19   .655 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 15 – 13   .536     28 – 29   .491 Penn State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 13   .500     25 – 29   .463 Illinois  ‍‍‍ 14 – 14   .500     25 – 31   .446 Iowa  ‍‍‍ 13 – 15   .464     29 – 24   .547 Indiana  ‍‍‍ 12 – 16   .429     33 – 23   .589 Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 16   .429     24 – 27   .471 Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10 – 16   .385     24 – 29   .453 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995[6][7]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Big West Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 1 Cal State Fullerton  ‍†‍‡‍ 18 – 3   .857     57 – 9   .864 No. 16 Long Beach State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 5   .762     38 – 25   .603 Nevada  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9   .571     35 – 18   .660 UNLV  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10   .524     32 – 21   .604 New Mexico State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12   .429     32 – 22   .593 UC Santa Barbara  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13   .381     22 – 24   .478 Pacific  ‍‍‍ 5 – 16   .238     26 – 26   .500 San Jose State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 16   .238     21 – 33   .389 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 1995 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of June 30, 1995[8]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1995 Ivy League baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Lou Gehrig Penn  ^x‍‍‡‍^y 13 – 5 – 0   .722     25 – 21 – 0   .543 Cornell  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10 – 0   .500     20 – 19 – 0   .513 Columbia  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9 – 0   .500     15 – 24 – 1   .388 Princeton  ‍‍‍ 8 – 12 – 0   .400     15 – 26 – 0   .366 Red Rolfe Yale  ^x‍‍‍ 13 – 7 – 0   .650     23 – 20 – 0   .535 Dartmouth  ‍‍‍ 12 – 8 – 0   .600     19 – 17 – 0   .528 Brown  ‍‍‍ 7 – 13 – 0   .350     14 – 27 – 0   .341 Harvard  ‍‍‍ 6 – 14 – 0   .300     10 – 25 – 0   .286 x – Division champion ‡ – Championship Series champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995[9]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1995 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Northern Siena  ^x‍‍‡‍^y 14 – 4   .778     31 – 17   .646 Le Moyne  ‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667     19 – 21   .475 Canisius  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389     21 – 20   .512 Niagara  ‍‍‍ 3 – 15   .167     14 – 26   .350 Southern Fairfield  ^x‍‍‍ 13 – 5   .722     23 – 22   .511 Iona  ‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667     21 – 27   .438 Saint Peter's  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556     18 – 24   .429 Manhattan  ‍‍‍ 1 – 17   .056     5 – 42   .106 x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995[10]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Mid-American Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Bowling Green  ‍†‍‍ 22 – 8 – 0   .733     34 – 20 – 0   .630 Kent State  ‍‍‍ 19 – 10 – 0   .655     40 – 19 – 0   .678 Central Michigan  ‍‍‡‍^y 19 – 12 – 0   .613     41 – 19 – 0   .683 Akron  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12 – 0   .600     26 – 22 – 0   .542 Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 19 – 13 – 0   .594     31 – 22 – 1   .583 Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 18 – 13 – 0   .581     22 – 31 – 0   .415 Ohio  ‍‍‍ 15 – 17 – 0   .469     31 – 25 – 0   .554 Toledo  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21 – 0   .300     21 – 32 – 0   .396 Miami  ‍‍‍ 8 – 23 – 0   .258     21 – 35 – 0   .375 Ball State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 25 – 0   .219     15 – 41 – 0   .268 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995[11]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1995 Northeast Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT Rider  ‍†‍‡‍ 16 – 5 – 0   .762     35 – 18 – 1   .657 St. Francis  ‍‍‍ 13 – 8 – 0   .619     26 – 17 – 0   .605 Long Island  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11 – 0   .476     18 – 28 – 0   .391 Marist  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11 – 0   .476     14 – 26 – 1   .354 Fairleigh Dickinson  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12 – 0   .429     20 – 25 – 0   .444 Mount St. Mary's  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12 – 0   .429     13 – 25 – 0   .342 Wagner  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12 – 0   .429     15 – 30 – 0   .333 Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13 – 0   .381     19 – 33 – 0   .365 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1995 Patriot League baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Navy  ‍†‍‍^y 19 – 5   .792     33 – 20   .623 Fordham  ‍‍‍ 16 – 8   .667     30 – 20   .600 Army  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9   .625     22 – 23   .489 Lehigh  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458     23 – 23   .500 Bucknell  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458     19 – 27   .413 Lafayette  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250     9 – 36   .200 Holy Cross  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250     10 – 33   .233 † – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995[12]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Southeastern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Eastern No. 4 Tennessee  ^x‍†‍‡‍^y 22 – 8   .733     54 – 16   .771 Florida  ‍‍‍ 12 – 14   .462     32 – 24   .571 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 12 – 14   .462     32 – 25   .561 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 9 – 17   .346     29 – 29   .500 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 10 – 19   .345     29 – 32   .475 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 8 – 19   .296     29 – 32   .475 Western No. 9 Auburn  ^x‍‍‍^y 19 – 8   .704     50 – 13   .794 No. 14 Alabama  ‍‍‡‍^y 18 – 11   .621     42 – 23   .646 No. 18 LSU  ‍‍‍^y 17 – 12   .586     47 – 18   .723 No. 17 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍^y 14 – 12   .538     40 – 22   .645 Arkansas  ‍‍‍^y 13 – 15   .464     38 – 23   .623 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407     34 – 25   .576 x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995[13]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1995 Southern Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT The Citadel  ‍†‍‡‍^y 19 – 5   .792     39 – 19   .672 Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583     35 – 24   .593 Western Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542     32 – 24   .571 Davidson  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500     19 – 32   .373 East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478     25 – 27   .481 Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 13   .435     17 – 30   .362 VMI  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417     19 – 28   .404 Marshall  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375     12 – 38   .240 Furman  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375     16 – 32   .333 † – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995[14]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1995 Southland Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT Northwestern State  ‍†‍‍ 19 – 5   .792     37 – 13   .740 McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 17 – 6   .739     39 – 14   .736 Northeast Louisiana  ‍‍‡‍^y 16 – 7   .696     34 – 20   .630 Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583     26 – 30   .464 Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542     31 – 23   .574 Southwest Texas State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417     23 – 31   .426 Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417     22 – 32   .407 Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333     23 – 28   .451 Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 0 – 24   .000     2 – 40   .048 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995[15]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1995 Southwest Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT No. 10 Texas Tech  ‍†‍‡‍^y 16 – 8   .667     51 – 14   .785 No. 15 Rice  ‍‍‍^y 15 – 9   .625     43 – 19   .694 No. 12 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍^y 15 – 9   .625     44 – 22   .667 No. 23 Texas  ‍‍‍^y 14 – 10   .583     44 – 19   .698 Texas Christian  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458     27 – 29   .482 Baylor  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292     25 – 28   .472 Houston  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250     26 – 29   .473 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995[16]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball	1995 Trans America Athletic Conference baseball standings Conf     Overall Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT No. 20 FIU ‍†‍‍^y 27 – 3 – 0   .900     50 – 11 – 0   .820 No. 21 UCF ‍‍‡‍^y 23 – 7 – 0   .767     49 – 13 – 0   .790 Stetson ‍‍‍ 19 – 11 – 0   .633     34 – 25 – 0   .576 Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍ 17 – 13 – 0   .567     27 – 31 – 0   .466 Centenary ‍‍‍ 14 – 13 – 0   .519     23 – 27 – 0   .460 Campbell ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400     26 – 29 – 0   .473 Georgia State ‍‍‍ 11 – 17 – 0   .393     20 – 33 – 0   .377 Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍ 10 – 18 – 0   .357     17 – 31 – 0   .354 Mercer ‍‍‍ 9 – 18 – 0   .333     15 – 36 – 2   .302 Samford ‍‍‍ 10 – 20 – 0   .333     21 – 30 – 0   .412 College of Charleston ‍‍‍ 8 – 22 – 0   .267     17 – 29 – 0   .370 † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1995[17]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1995 season marked the forty-ninth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Cal State Fullerton claiming their third championship with an 11–5 win over Southern California in the final.[1]

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Semifinals						Finals
	6	Southern California	0
	3	Miami (FL)	15
						3	Miami (FL)	4
						2	Florida State	2
	7	Oklahoma	2
	2	Florida State	3
											3	Miami (FL)	5	3
	Bracket One
										6	Southern California	7	7
	7	Oklahoma	4
	6	Southern California	9
						2	Florida State	11
						6	Southern California	16
																6	Southern California	5
																1	Cal State Fullerton	11
	5	Tennessee	3
	4	Clemson	1
						5	Tennessee	1
						1	Cal State Fullerton	11
	8	Stanford	5
	1	Cal State Fullerton	6
											1	Cal State Fullerton	11	—
	Bracket Two
										5	Tennessee	0	—
	8	Stanford	8
	4	Clemson	3
						5	Tennessee	6
						8	Stanford	2

Award winners

All-America team

Main article: 1995 College Baseball All-America Team

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